KVM: selftests: add -MP to CFLAGS

From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>

Using -MD without -MP causes build failures when a header file is deleted
or moved. With -MP, the compiler will emit phony targets for the header
files it lists as dependencies, and the Makefiles won't refuse to attempt
to rebuild a C unit which no longer includes the deleted header.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
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 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

From: David Woodhouse
> Sent: 28 October 2023 20:35
> 
> Using -MD without -MP causes build failures when a header file is deleted
> or moved. With -MP, the compiler will emit phony targets for the header
> files it lists as dependencies, and the Makefiles won't refuse to attempt
> to rebuild a C unit which no longer includes the deleted header.

Won't a phony target stop a header being built if there is
an actual rule to build it?

I usually add:

%.h:
	echo "Ignoring stale dependency for $@"

Which only applies if there isn't an explicit rule.

	David

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On Sun, 2023-10-29 at 21:13 +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: David Woodhouse
> > Sent: 28 October 2023 20:35
> > 
> > Using -MD without -MP causes build failures when a header file is deleted
> > or moved. With -MP, the compiler will emit phony targets for the header
> > files it lists as dependencies, and the Makefiles won't refuse to attempt
> > to rebuild a C unit which no longer includes the deleted header.
> 
> Won't a phony target stop a header being built if there is
> an actual rule to build it?

It probably would have taken you about the same time to find the answer
for yourself, as it took to write that email. Why don't you try it?

From: David Woodhouse
> Sent: 30 October 2023 09:46
> 
> On Sun, 2023-10-29 at 21:13 +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > From: David Woodhouse
> > > Sent: 28 October 2023 20:35
> > >
> > > Using -MD without -MP causes build failures when a header file is deleted
> > > or moved. With -MP, the compiler will emit phony targets for the header
> > > files it lists as dependencies, and the Makefiles won't refuse to attempt
> > > to rebuild a C unit which no longer includes the deleted header.
> >
> > Won't a phony target stop a header being built if there is
> > an actual rule to build it?
> 
> It probably would have taken you about the same time to find the answer
> for yourself, as it took to write that email. Why don't you try it?

I was sure that just adding

foo.h:

would generate a 'no rules to build' error.
Maybe that was BSD make or SYS-V make.

But calling the 'phony' is probably wrong.
PHONY has a very specific meaning to make - and these aren't PHONY.

	David

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Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 20:34:53 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> Using -MD without -MP causes build failures when a header file is deleted
> or moved. With -MP, the compiler will emit phony targets for the header
> files it lists as dependencies, and the Makefiles won't refuse to attempt
> to rebuild a C unit which no longer includes the deleted header.
> 
> 

Applied to kvm-x86 selftests, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: selftests: add -MP to CFLAGS
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/fc6543bb55d4

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